Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace

The Hayden Orpheum opened on Military Road in 1935, designed by George Kenworthy in Art Deco for the Italian-Australian Virgona family. It closed in 1979, was National Trust classified by 1977, and was bought by television presenter Mike Walsh in 1986 — who funded a $2.5 million restoration with theatre historian John Love. Reopened 1987. Six screens now, each named after a Golden Age Australian cinema. The Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ rises out of the stage on weekend evenings. Time Out ranked it the world's 22nd most stunning cinema.

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